Steinar Lem, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian environmentalist and author
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Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Steinar Lem
- Steinar Henning Lem (9 May 1951 – 28 April 2009) was a Norwegian environmental activist, author and spokesperson for Fremtiden i våre hender (Future In Our Hands), Norway's largest movement for comprehensive social change.
- He criticized the consumption-oriented society and focus on economic growth, and the difference in income between the rich and poor part of the world.
- He also supported better preservation of predators in Norway, like the wolf.
- Lem died aged 57 from pancreatic cancer at Aker University Hospital in Oslo, two months after it was diagnosed.
- He is survived by his wife and two six-year-old daughters.
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